A trip to Los Angeles!

California and the Disney Concert Hall _______ You may or not may know that I lived in California for about 2 years right after college, so while (at least at the time) I was happy to move back East, I still hold a soft spot for it. I try to visit every couple of years…

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My Asia trip- part 4 (!)

I know, I know–‘enough already with these damn China posts’ you’re saying… So as part of our tour we strolled though the Beijing Night market ( except we went during the daytime) which was probably a good thing since some of the sights were haunting enough in the full sun [i’ll warn you now this…

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my Asia Trip – part 3 (!)

SO thanks for following along here on this virtual trip with me – it’s fun to go through edit down and revisit places this way, and I hope you;re enjoying it as well. We took a 5.5 hour bullet train from Shanghai to Beijing. And the rumors about pollution are all true. Get this- we…

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My big Asia Trip – part one

So if you have been anywhere near my facebook feed in the past month, it’s pretty obvious that I had ben on a little journey to China and Japan. Our friend Kristen who lives there now ( for business) was gracious enough to invite us over and gave us the Grand Tour of Shanghai, Beijing…

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Pacific Coast Highway – 2011

A little trip up the California Coast’s PCH Well better late than never I suppose, this is one little project that i’ve been itching to work on. In 2011 I finally did something that I hadn’t done since I was a kid with my parents: drive up the PCH Highway from Los Angeles to San…

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my trip to Maui – 2012

Hawaii vacation – August 2012 Some of you may recall my blog post last year from the wonderful wedding of Adrienne and Trent in Maui. Having always wanted to go and having never been, I treated myself to a weeks trip BEFORE their wedding to give me time to relax and explore the Island. What…

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